Mop holder



June 5, 1923.

C. E. KOE STER. JR

MOP HOLDER Original Filed April 29 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESSES.

June 5, 1923.

1,458,963 c. E. KOESTER, JR

MOP HOLDER Original Filed April 29, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 67.51 Aaas ZZ/pin %Z% fix/ a 5 INVENTOR WITNESSES.

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CHARLES E. KOESTER, JR., 013 KOESTER, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOE OF ONE-HALF TOEDWIN A. DARROIV,

OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

MOP HOLDER.

Application filed April 29, 1921, Serial No. 465,4A=1.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. Kons'rnn, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Koester, in the county of St. Francois and State ofMissouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mop Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combined brush and mop holdersand carpet stretching devices.

The type of device upon which the present invention is an improvementincludes a threaded ferrule upon which is mounted a ring which isconnected to a gripping member. The objection to this structure is thatduring the use of the device, the brush or becomes loose, due to thefact that at times one end of the gripping member guide bar, which formsa part of the device, will contact with some object and cause thethreaded ring to back up on th ferrule and thus loosen the hold of thegripping member.

The present invention aims to overcome this and other objections, byforming the guide bar through which the gripping member passes, rigidwith the ferrule and so prevent relative movement. Contact of the guidebar with an object will then not affect the ring or loosen the member.

Another object is the provision of a novel structure for this purpose,which is cheaply constructed and readily assembled.

With the abov andother objects in view, the invention further includesthe following novel features and details of construction, to behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a combined brush and mopholder and carpet stretching device, embodying the present invention.

Figure 2 is an end view looking at the end of the holder which receivesthe handle.

Figure 3 is a side view of the holder.

Figure 4 is a central longitudinal sectional view.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of the follower ring which carriesthe gripping member.

Renewed April 21, 1923.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the follower ring.

Figure 6 is a similar view of one of the sections of which the adjustingnut is formed.

Figure 7 is a detail elevation of the guide bar for the gripping member.

Referring 1n detail to the draw1ngs,wherein llke characters of referencedenote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates anexternally threaded ferrule which receives one end of a wooden handle 11and which carries at its opposite end a transversely arranged guide bar12. This guide bar is provided with longitudinal slots 13 for thepassage of a wire gripping member 14- and is further provided with ahook 15 and teeth 16, the latter extending from one side edge of the bar12. The structure of the above mentioned elements is old and form a partof a combined brush and mop holder and carpet stretching device now onthe market.

In order to permit of adjustment of the wire gripping member, the devicenow in use provides for relative movement between the ferrule and thegripping member of the guide bar. As previously stated however, this isobjectionable in that such relative movement permits of a loosening ofthe gripping member upon the brush or mop. To overcome this, the guidebar 12 of the present invention is rigid with the ferrule 10 and may beformed integral therewith or secured thereto in any desired manner. Onemeans of securing the guide bar to the ferrule is by providing a reducedsquared lug which projects from the end of the ferrule as indicated at17 and inserting and riveting this lug within a squared opening 18formed in the guide bar 12. The gripping member 14 has its armsextending through the slots 13 of the guide bar 12 and the ends of thesearms are connected to 0ppositely extending apertured ears 19 which arecarried by a follower ring 20. The ring 20 is mounted upon the ferrule10 and is of a diameter to permit of free movement of the longitudinalferrule.

Mounted upon the ferrule is an adjusting nut 21, which is formed of apair of complemental sections, each of which comprise a semi-circularportion 22 which is provided which is adapted to be secured in anopening 26 provided in the projection of the other section of the nut,while the opposite projections 24: have registering openings 27 thereinfor the reception of a rivet or other fastening device. The sections"are thussecured together to provide oppositely extending wings, by meansof which the nut may be manipulated. The nut is further provided with aninteriorly arranged annular groove 28 which receives oppositelyextending lugs or projections 29, carried by the follower ring 20, sothat the saidring is swiveled to the nut. The ring, nut and guide barmay be provided in various places with depressions for the purpose oflightening the structure. p

In the present invention, the member 14: is passed through the slots 13of the guide bar 12in the usual manner and the ends of the memberremains so secured within the ape'rtured cars 27 of the follower ringand the nut sections so riveted together with the flanges or projections29 engaged in the an nular groove 28.

By'rotating the adjusting nut, the gripping member maybe moved to eithertighten or loosen its engagement with the proper brush and'as the guidebar 12 is rigid with the ferrule, a blow upon the former will not effectthe adjustment of the gripping memher. The wings of the adjustin'g'nutare within theends of the bar 12, so that liability of'contact of thesewings with an article is prevented. After once being adjusted, the'partswill remain in position until purposely removed. 7 j p ,The invention issusceptible of various changes in'its' form, proportions and minordetails of construction" and the right is herein reserved to make suchchanges as properly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention what is claimed is j v 1. A mop holdercomprising a handlereceiving ferrule, a guide-bar at one end of theferrule, a gripping member slidable in guide openings formed insaidguide bar to provide a clamp, a grooved nut threadedly engaging the saidferrule, and a ring loosely encircling-the said ferrule and havingoutstanding projections, certain of which are connected to the saidgripping member and certain others engaged inthe groove in the saidnutwhereby the ring is swiveled to the latter.

2. A. mop holder comprising an exteriorly threaded ferrule, adapted toreceive aha'nd-le, a guide bar at one end thereof, a gripping memberslidable in guide openings} formed in the guidebar to provide a clamp,af'follower ring loosely encircling the said ferrule and connected tothe said gripping member, said ring having oppositely projecting lugs,and an adjusting nut threadedly engaging the said ferrule and havinganinteriorly arranged annular groove whichre'ceives the lugs of the saidring whereby the latter is swiveled to the nut. r

8. A. mop holder comprising a handlereceiving ferrule having a guide barat the lower end, a ring adjustable longitudinally on the said ferruleand presenting opposite sets of radially disposed projections adja centits upper and lower edges, a mop-gripping member slidable'in guide'openings formed in said guide bar to'provid'e a clamp and attached tothe lower projections In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. I

. CHARLES E. KOESTER, JR.

